Israeli PM meets Obama

Israel's Netanyahu Resists Obama's Call for Two-State Solution, but Calls for Peace Talks With Palestinians. President Obama won't put an "artificial deadline" on Iran's abandoning its nuclear weapons program but said Monday that the Islamic Republic's obtaining a nuclear weapon would be not only a threat to Israel and the U.S. but would be "profoundly destabilizing" to the rest of the world.President Obama won't put an "artificial deadline" on Iran's abandoning its nuclear weapons program but said Monday that the Islamic Republic's obtaining a nuclear weapon would be not only a threat to Israel and the U.S. but would be "profoundly destabilizing" to the international community in general.In talks with reporters after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama said he would not let talks go on forever, but the June election in Iran will be revealing about whether there is a chance for progress with Tehran by the end of the year. The president added that a "range of steps" are still available against Iran, including sanctions, if it continues its nuclear program."Iran is a country of extraordinary history and extraordinary potential and we want them to be a full-fledged member of the international community, and be in a position to provide opportunity and prosperity for their people but that the way to achieve those goals is not through the  pursuit of a nuclear weapon," Obama said."We are not foreclosing a range of steps ... in assuring that Iran understands that we are serious," he added.Netanyahu said Iran's obtaining nuclear weapons would be an existential threat not only to Israel but the rest of the world. "It could give the nuclear umbrella to terrorists or worse, it could actually give nuclear weapons to terrorists I believe it would put all of us in great peril," he said. However, the two appeared at odds as the U.S. leader called for a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians and Netanyahu made no mention of a nation for the Arab people.